Another season of high school indoor track and field is underway, and will again feature Cicero-North Syracuse in a large capacity on the boys and girls ends.
The boys Northstars wasted little time going to the front during last Saturday’s Jack Morse Kickoff Meet at SRC Arena, with several victories and top finishes.
In the boys mile, C-NS’s Nathan Poirier prevailed in four minutes, 39.63 seconds, with Matt LeClair third in 4:44.74 and R.J. Davis fourth in 4:47.68 as Lucas Sharron (4:54.54) was seventh.
Isaiah Wright needed 8.69 seconds to prevail in the 55-meter hurdles, with Ryan Dupra (9.14 seconds) fourth as Wright also finished fourth in the long jump, going 18’7 ¼” as Carlton Garnes finished eighth.
C-NS got first place in the 4×400 relay in 3:46.06, well clear of runner-up Hannibal (3:50.78) and the field. The Northstars were second in the 4×400 relay in 4:00.48 to Central Square’s 3:59.11 as it also was second in the 4×800 relay in 9:02.39.
Andrew Culver had a third-place shot put toss of 42 feet 10 ¼ inches, with Ron Blumenthal (39’5 ½”) sixth as Blumenthal, in the weight throw, heaved it 39’11 ¾” to beat Culver (39’1”) for fifth place.
Dupra cleared 5 feet 3 inches for third place in the high jump, with Ted Sanders fifth and Joe Tschopp seventh, both topping 5 feet as Dupra also was fourth in the triple jump with 37’7 ¼”, while Garnes (34’7”) was sixth.
In the girls Jack Morse Kickoff Meet, C-NS had a 1-2-3 sweep of the 1,500-meter run as eighth-grader Kate Putman won in 5:00.15, with Allison Newton second in 5:15.64 to hold off Sarah Davis (5:16.05) for second place.
Another top-three sweep came in the 55 hurdles, where Savannah Kuhr won in 9.48 seconds over Brooke Blaisdell (9.68) and Lexi Gaetz (9.90). But in the triple jump, it was Blaisdell on top, going 34’7 ¾” and seeing Julianna Hutt get second place with 32’9 ½”.
Hutt won the long jump by going 14’8 ¼” to finish less than an inch ahead of Davis (14’7 ½”). Lilliana Klemanski won the high jump, the only athlete to clear 5 feet as Marcellus’ Sophia Shaw (4’10”) was second.
The Northstars also claimed victories in the 4×200 relay in 1:54.92 to Syracuse ITC’s second-place 1:57.12 and needed 4:30.24 to hold off Westhill (4:31.78) and win the 4×400.
Blaisdell, in 8.05 seconds, edged Shannon Sisco (8.07) and Sierra Davis (8.08) for third place in the 55 sprint. Faith Keville, in the weight throw, heaved it 26’7 ½”, second to Westhill’s Brigid Heinrich (28’2 ½”).
Stephanie Webb had a third-place shot put toss of 27’ 8 ½” as C-NS was third in the sprint medley, with a time of 4:53.67 just behind Westhill’s winning 4:53.01 as the Northstars also got fifth place in the 4×800 in 11:05.95.
Before all this, Liverpool took part in the morning session of the Jack Morse Kickoff Meet and won plenty of events, too, including a girls sweep of the 4×200 relay, where it edged Skaneateles 1:53.71 to the Lakers’ 1:51.74. and the 4×400 that it won in 4:33.72.
Individually, the big star was Imahni Sinclair, who swept the throwing events as she had a top shot put toss of 34’4 ½” and then won the weight throw by heaving it 36’11 ½”. The Warriors’ Madyson Oliveri was fifth in both events.
Kali Hayes was second in the 55 hurdles in 9.47 seconds, edging Lauren Fradette (9.51) in third place as Alexia Ostrander finished sixth.
Hawen Hicks was third in the 55 sprint in 7.72 seconds, with Riley Norris seventh. Sarah Sedlock was eighth in the 1,500.The Warriors were third in the sprint medley in 4:50.87 and fifth in the 4×800. Fradette was fifth and Tessa Gullo sixth in the triple jump.
On the boys side, the Warriors had Jaime Vong take the pole vault by clearing 9 feet, with Andrew Spring third by topping 8 feet. Jacob Barnes had a winning shot put toss of 38’9 ½” and was fourth in the weight throw with 37’2”.
Liverpool won the 4×400 in 3:48.25 and also was second in the 4×200 in 1:41.67, taking fifth place in the sprint medley and sixth place in the 4×800.
Individually, Aiden Wroblewski cleared 6’1” in the high jump for second place behind Faith Heritage’s John Manchester (6’2”) as Bennett Robb was fourth with 5’8”.
Ryan Dewan, with a triple jump of 38’9”, edged teammate Michael Nigro (38’8 ¼”) for second place. Nigro had a third-place long jump of 18’8 ¾”. Ryan Fennelly finished seventh in the mile in 4:56.32.
